BS Accounting Course of Study

BS in Accounting, Courses of Study/Assessments

WGU offers degrees, not classes. As a competency-based online university, progress through your degree program is determined by demonstrating your competence through carefully designed assessments and completion of a professional portfolio, capstone, or both. As a student in this program, you will complete the assessments (courses) listed below in order to graduate. These assessments are required, though you may be able to clear some of these requirements through a course-by-course transcript analysis. (Learn more about transferring credits.) Each assessment has a course of study, which contains a study guide and recommended learning resources for you to use while completing said assessment. Your assigned mentor will help guide you through this process.

For ease of understanding, WGU has assigned competency units to each of its assessments as indicated below. A competency unit is equivalent to a semester credit hour of learning. WGU terms are six months in length. During a typical term, students will be expected to complete at least 12 to 13 competency units. Grades are assigned on a Pass/Not Pass basis; a “Pass” at WGU is equivalent to a letter grade of “B" or better.

Speak to an Enrollment Counselor for more information about these assessments and their courses of study.

Course of Study/Assessments Competency Units
Organizational Behavior and Leadership 3
Foundations of College Mathematics 3
Communications Foundations 2
Principles of Management 4
Language and Communication: Essay 2
Language and Communication: Research 3
Language and Communication: Presentation 2
Legal Issues for Business Organizations 3
Integrated Natural Sciences 4
Integrated Natural Sciences Applications 4
Information Systems Management 3
Quantitative Literacy: College Algebra, Measurement and Geometry 3
Quantitative Literacy: Statistics, Probability, and Problem Solving 3
Quantitative Literacy: Quantitative Problem Solving and Applications 3
Literature, Arts and the Humanities 2
Literature, Arts and the Humanities: Analysis and Interpretation 2
Business Research and Writing 2
Accounting I 3
Accounting II 3
Ethical Situations in Business 3
Economics and Global Business Applications 4
Fundamentals of Economics, Global Business and Quantitative Analysis 4
Quantitative Analysis for Business 6
Geography 3
Managerial Accounting 2
Project in Managerial Accounting 1
Project Management 6
Fundamentals of Marketing and Business Communication 6
Concepts in Financial Accounting and Tax 6
Problems in Accounting 6
Concepts in Cost/Managerial Accounting 6
Problems in Budgeting and Financial Statements 6
Concepts in Auditing and Information 4
Accounting Capstone Written Project 4